Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

न त्यजामीदृशं स्थानं यावज्जीवमहर्निशम् । मत्पितुश्च तथा मातुः कथयध्वमिदं वचः

Transliteration

na tyajāmīdṛśaṃ sthānaṃ yāvajjīvamaharniśam | matpituśca tathā mātuḥ kathayadhvamidaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

„Einen Ort wie diesen werde ich nicht verlassen, solange ich lebe, Tag und Nacht. Und richtet diese meine Worte auch meinem Vater und meiner Mutter aus.“

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (Negation particle)

• tyajāmi: I abandon, I leave
• tyajāmi: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — 'I abandon'

• īdṛśam: such
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'such' (sthānam-विशेषण)

• sthānam: place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'place'

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Correlative/limit marker) — 'as long as'

• jīvam: life; while living
• jīvam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — used adverbially: 'for life/while alive'

• aharniśam: day and night
• aharniśam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ahar + niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (अहः+निशा), अव्ययप्रयोग — 'day and night'

• mat-pituḥ: of my father
• mat-pituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mama pitā), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of my father'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction) — 'and'

• tathā: also, likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) — 'also/likewise'

• mātuḥ: of (my) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of (my) mother'

• kathayadhvam: tell, relate
• kathayadhvam: Kriyā (Imperative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'tell (you all)'

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'this' (vacaḥ-विशेषण)

• vacaḥ: statement, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'speech/statement'

Speaker

Bhānumatī (queen; inferred from shloka 55/57 context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O king (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānumatī, firm and composed, declares she will not leave the sacred place as long as she lives; a messenger-like gesture indicates her request to convey the message to her parents.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place can become one’s life-anchor for dharma; firm resolve (niścaya) is praised in tīrtha-centered devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘place’ is the ongoing Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting referenced earlier; it is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A commitment to continuous residence/observance at the tīrtha (a form of prolonged vrata/niyama).